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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lester instruct Kathy to think about while he is gone to the county offices with Esmail and Behrani?
(a) What to tell his boss.
(b) Some way out of this mess.
(c) What to do with all that money.
(d) Someplace sunny they could go.

2. Why doesn't Kathy take a shower while she waits for Lester?
(a) The Behranis used all the towels in the bathroom.
(b) It's much too cold.
(c) She doesn't feel dirty.
(d) She would have to get back into the clothes she stole.

3. What does Lester pray for while he waits in jail?
(a) Esmail's recovery.
(b) Kathy's safety.
(c) His wife's forgiveness.
(d) A way out of all the trouble.

4. Of whom does Kathy remind Behrani?
(a) His daughter Soraya.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His cousin Jasmeen.

5. How does Lester know that Kathy doesn't need to go to the hospital?
(a) He believes the poison control nurse.
(b) He trusts the Behranis.
(c) She could recognize him and speak.
(d) She tells him she will be fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kathy do to make things better at the house while she waits for Lester?

2. Why is Nadereh angry with Behrani after he forces Kathy to leave?

3. What new crimes has Lester now committed as he locks the Behrani family in the bathroom?

4. What worries Behrani most about Lester's behavior as he breaks into their house?

5. Why is Behrani upset that he has called Lester by his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Lester asks Kathy whether she really wanted to die, what does she answer and why is this answer important?

2. Which of the Behranis takes responsibility for saving Kathy when they find her after she took the pills?

3. How do Behrani's feelings change when he finds Kathy in the car in his driveway?

4. As Kathy takes the pills to kill herself, how does her attitude toward the Behranis change?

5. What is nazr?

6. Why does Lester conclude that the Behranis have told him the truth about Kathy's situation?

7. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

8. Why does Kathy feel a sense of unreality while she is in the hospital?

9. After Esmail has been shot, the shooting officer looks at Lester. He needs a critical piece of information and Lester doesn't have it, either. What is that piece of information?

10. When Nadereh told Lester that her husband was "only good," Behrani believed that she had a different meaning than a positive comment on his character. What does Behrani believe Nadereh meant?

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